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Nonoscillation of Second Order Superlinear Differential Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

L. H. Erbe
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G1
H. X. Xia
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G1
J. H. Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, York University, North York, Ontario M3J 1P3
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Abstract

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Some sufficient conditions are given for all solutions of the nonlinear differential equation y″(x) +p(x)f(y) = 0 to be nonoscillatory, where p is positive and

for a quotient γ of odd positive integers, γ > 1.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1994

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